What does "midnight" mean?
Midnight: The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. "Midnight shout and revelry." Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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